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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novellawww.theskepticsguide.org
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is a weekly science podcast discussing the latest science news, critical thinking, bad science, conspiracies and controversies. -The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: Your escape to reality - Produced by SGU Productions, LLC: https://www.theskepticsguide.org
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Episodes

The Skeptics Guide #57 - Aug 23 2006

Interview with Larry Sarner; News Items: Water Tree Solved, Mystery Creature in Maine, Creationism update, Planet definition; Your E-mails and Questions: Acupuncture followup; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Aug 27, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #56 - Aug 15 2006

Interview with Ken Feder; News Items: Evolution Survey, water tree; Your E-mails and Questions: Abiogenic Origin of Oil,Dinosaur Petroglyphs, Acupuncture; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Aug 18, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #55 - Aug 9 2006

Interview with Steve Salerno; News Items: Happy Birthday James Randi, Archimedes Palimpsest; Your E-mails and Questions: Science and Falsifiability, Skeptics track record, FDA; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Aug 09, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #54 - Aug 2 2006

News Items: Creationism Museum, Kansas votes out Creationists, Coulter throws down the gauntlet; Your E-mails and Questions: Exorcism, PC, Chiropractic, Singularity; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Aug 04, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #53 - Jul 26 2006

News Items: Possible increase for NASA budget, Indigo children; Your E-mails and Questions: Monkey eating eagle, Bird flight, Teachers respond to textbook criticism; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jul 28, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #52 - Jul 19 2006

Interview with Bill Bennetta, The Textbook League; News Items: Rebecca Returns, Precious Bodily Fluids, World Jump Day; Your E-mails: Follow up on Neal Adams, Women in Science; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jul 23, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #51 - Jul 12 2006

Interview with Neal Adams; News Items: Space Shuttle Mission, Asteroid near miss, Psychedelic mushrooms, Kevin Barrett and 9/11 conspiracies; Your E-mails: More on supplements, Peak Oil?; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jul 14, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #50 - Jul 5 2006

Interview with Gerald Posner, author of Case Closed; News Items: Second hand smoke; Your E-mails: Binaural Beats, Aubrey de Grey; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle (answer plus new puzzle)

Jul 07, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #49 - Jun 28 2006

Your E-mails: Theory of Evolution, Agnosticism, Magnet therapy, Regulating supplements, Neuroethics; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jul 05, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #48 - Jun 21 2006

Interview with Steve Mirsky, Scientific American; News Items: Herbs for menopause, Anne Coulter and evolution; Your E-mails: Penta Water, Alcoholism a disease?; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jun 23, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #47 - Jun 14 2006

Interview with Zachary Moore: Evolution 101; News Items: Feng-shui, Hawking on space travel; Your E-mails: Consensus on Global Warming, God and the Big Bang; Science or Fiction

Jun 17, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #46 - Jun 7 2006

Interview with Phil Plait: The Bad Astronomer;News Items: Satans day, Skepchick infiltrates Christian Scientists;Your E-mails: Altruism genes, Follow up on 9/11 Hoax;Science or Fiction

Jun 09, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #45 - May 31 2006

News Items: Skeptics Guide Forum; 9-11 footage; UK Doctors fight against Alternative Med; Your E-mails: Cancer Cures, Dream Interpretation, Science vs God, Suns temperature; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Jun 02, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #43 - May 17 2006

Interview with Ray Hyman; News: Bosnian Pyramid update, Mormon cult leader hits FBI list; E-mail: Paranormal mysteries, Science education, Scientology super powers; Name that logical fallacy; Science or fiction

May 19, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #42 - May 10 2006

Interview with Eugenie Scott; News: UFO's in the UK, Scientology Superheroes; E-mails: Tracking Satellites, Drinking water; Science or Fiction

May 10, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #41 - May 3 2006

News Items: Bosnian pyramids, Toxic Cruise; Your E-mails: Bubble Universes, Iridology, Black holes, and the Origin of life; Name That Logical Fallacy; Discussion: The Scope of Skepticism; Science or Fiction

May 03, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #40 - Apr 26 2006

Interview with Brian Trent, author of Remembering Hypatia; News Items: Sonoma Bigfoot revealed, Channeling John Lennon; E-mails: More on Hurricanes and Birthdays, Bananas and logical fallacies; Science or Fiction

Apr 26, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #39 - Apr 19 2006

Interview with Marilyn Schlitz, ESP researcher; >News: More on the polar ice caps, Sad Monkeys, spinal stem cells and mercury amalgam; Your e-mails: gene multiplication, Skeptical Tools; Science or Fiction

Apr 19, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #38 - Apr 12 2006

News Items: Bill Nye, Tom Cruise, Time Travel, Global Warming, Happy Face on Mars; Your E-mails: Evolution, more on the flood, the psychosomatic effect and Science or Fiction

Apr 12, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #36 - Mar 29 2006

(Interview-Rick Ross, News Items: Solar Eclipse -The Woman who Never Forgets, YourE-mails: Panspermia -Hydrino power -Bigfoot -Microwaves, Science or Fiction )

Mar 29, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #35 - Mar 22 2006

News Items (more on Scientology and South Park, Noah's Ark), Bigfoot or Bison, E-mail (Cancer quacks, creationism in UK), Science or Fiction, DNA vs the Mormons

Mar 22, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #34 - Mar 15 2006

News Items (Buddha Boy, El Chupacabra, Scientology and South Park), What the Bleep: Down the Rabbit Hole, Your emails (water on enceladus), Science or Fiction

Mar 15, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #33 - Mar 9 2006

Interview with Rebecca Watson - founder of the Skepchicks, News Item (Magnet Therapy, Tax scams, Plastic Scare) Your E-mails, Science or Fiction,

Mar 09, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #29 - Feb 8 2006

News Items, Featured Website: Two sites on Science Myths, Feynman on Education and Textbooks, Your E-mail and Questions, Science or Fiction, Going Beyond Science?

Feb 08, 2006
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